MelanieC

Along came a spider

Along came a spider

We were walking around the vlei exploring and looking for dragonflies, when in the dark we saw this rainspider nest. She was on it, and not happy. I personally ...
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We were walking around the vlei exploring and looking for dragonflies, when in the dark we saw this rainspider nest. She was on it, and not happy. I personally really freak out at spiders but this was a great opportunity for photography that I was not going to pass, even if a leaf tickled me and I screamed like a girl :-)
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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 100/1

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Oct, 2015

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Awesome shot even tho it gave me the creepers

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Beautiful, good macro! my compliments

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